Pentium 4 660 vs Pentium P6000

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2863	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	Pentium 4
Power efficiency	1.38	no data
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Prescott 2M
Release date	20 June 2010 (14 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	800 MHz
Multiplier	14	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	no data
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	81+114 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	382 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PGA988	PLGA775,PPGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6000 and Pentium 4 660.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	115 Watt

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